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| China's Island Factory |
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| Audio and Video of the U.S. P-8A aircraft defying China’s
Navy warnings to leave airspace over disputed islands |
Above the South China Sea (CNN)The Chinese navy issued warnings eight times as a U.S. surveillance plane on Wednesday swooped over islands that Beijing is using to extend its zone of influence. The series of man-made islands and the massive Chinese military build-up on them have
alarmed the Pentagon, which is carrying out the surveillance flights in order to make clear the U.S. does not recognize China's territorial claims. The militarized islands have also alarmed America's regional allies.
Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell told CNN's Erin Burnett Wednesday night that the
confrontation indicates there is "absolutely" a risk of the U.S. and China going to war sometime in the future.
US military flight over South China Sea escalates tensions - FT.com
Global Hawk long-range surveillance drones were targeted by the jamming in at least one incident near the disputed Spratly Islands, where China is building military facilities on Fiery Cross Reef.
Disclosure of the jamming came as a U.S. Navy P-8 surveillance flight on Wednesday was challenged eight times by the Chinese military to leave the same area.
“This
is the Chinese navy … This is the Chinese navy … Please go away … to
avoid misunderstanding,” a radio call in English from an installation on
Firey Cross said. The warnings were reported by CNN, which had a reporter on the aircraft.
Later Thursday, the Navy released video revealing that the China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy sent several radio warning messages to the crew of the P-8 ordering the jet to leave the area, and to deviate from its flight path near Fiery Cross Reef.
▶ CrossTalk: China’s South Sea? (Ft. Pepe Escobar) - YouTube
▶ U.S. Navy flies P-8A Poseidon over new islands in South China Sea - YouTube
▶ U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon flies over new islands in South China Sea #2 - YouTube
confrontation indicates there is "absolutely" a risk of the U.S. and China going to war sometime in the future.
US military flight over South China Sea escalates tensions - FT.com
The US military has tried to step up pressure on China by publicising a surveillance flight over contested islands in the South China Sea, in a move that threatens to escalate tensions over the Chinese government’s land reclamation in the area.
A US Navy surveillance aircraft was warned to turn away by the
Chinese navy as it approached Fiery Cross Reef, according to a CNN team
that was invited aboard the flight. “This is the Chinese navy,” the
English-language transmission said, according to an account by CNN on
Thursday morning. “Please go away . . . to avoid misunderstanding.” |
| Chinese Military Using Jamming Against U.S. Drones |
Global Hawk long-range surveillance drones were targeted by the jamming in at least one incident near the disputed Spratly Islands, where China is building military facilities on Fiery Cross Reef.
Disclosure of the jamming came as a U.S. Navy P-8 surveillance flight on Wednesday was challenged eight times by the Chinese military to leave the same area.
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| China building airstrip-capable island on Fiery Cross Reef |
Later Thursday, the Navy released video revealing that the China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy sent several radio warning messages to the crew of the P-8 ordering the jet to leave the area, and to deviate from its flight path near Fiery Cross Reef.
▶ CrossTalk: China’s South Sea? (Ft. Pepe Escobar) - YouTube
▶ U.S. Navy flies P-8A Poseidon over new islands in South China Sea - YouTube
▶ U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon flies over new islands in South China Sea #2 - YouTube
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